In Defense of the Dark Ages

When I was in the process of editing my new book Life Inc., my copyeditor pulled a paragraph out, in which I had explained that the so-called “Dark Ages” didn’t exist - that the ten centuries between the fall of Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance had many good ones among them. And that, in fact, the Late Medieval Era - the 10th through 13th Centuries - were a great age of prosperity and economic development.

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Posted by bryce  on  04/21  at  01:51 PM

"First off, the Dark Ages were not dark. The Late Middle Ages, in particular, were extremely prosperous."

It might not be proper to jump right to the Late Middle Ages as an example of the more prosperous Dark Ages when, according to wikipedia, "the term "Dark Ages" (is now rarely used in scholarship, and when used, it) is often restricted to the Early Middle Ages."

Bringing back the Sabbath is an intriguing idea, and I'd like to see how you propose we might do this without upsetting too many people.

Posted by doowop  on  04/21  at  02:11 PM

the plague didn't happen during the Middle Ages - it was the direct result of centralized monetary and business policy in Europe at the beginning of the Renaissance.

Gee and here I thought the plague was the result of bacteria carried by fleas which were carreid by rats which wer carried by ships from Asia to Europe.

Silly me.

Posted by Pooja  on  11/27  at  09:01 AM

Hello Kevin O'Brien, Really very nice and good info you share here. I read entire post and really good explanation on best author W P Ker and his ideas so nice and informative post. I am great fan of this author books and i have read The Dark Ages book. Superb and fantastic book. thanks for sharing nice info.

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